Ruth Fonner

Media Support Administrator

Ruth is both a skilled technician and an expert storyteller. It is her job to take a very complex operation (the Media department) and simplify it as much as possible.

(P.S. She is great at her job.)

1. Birthplace: Erie, PA

2. Nickname: My sibling calls me Ruthalee

3. Fave color: Aqua

4. Fave drink: Gin & tonic

5. Fave holiday (official, or not): My wedding anniversary

6. Fave thing to cook: A good cup of Earl Grey tea

7. Describe yourself using 1 emoji: 🐢 — slow and steady wins the race

8. If there was a biopic movie made about your life, what would the title be and who would play you?: Jukebox in Her Brain. Probably some singer…Tori Kelly?

9. Name something that gives you warm fuzzies: Literal warm fuzzies = my cats

10. Name a place you want to visit before you die: Ireland

11. Name your top 5 desert island albums:

    • Strange Trails, Lord Huron

    • Epic the Musical Official Soundtrack

    • The Light of the Moon, Gnoss

    • The entire LotR Soundtrack

    • A/B, Kaleo

12. Your hero(es) is/are: Anyone and everyone trying to make an objectively positive difference in the world. Big or small. 

13. Your house is on fire... what inanimate object do you save?: I don’t really think I’d have time to save inanimate things while trying to wrangle two cats out of the house. Maybe a copy of our insurance policies?

14. What personal motto/mantra is giving you life these days?: From an anonymous robot friend: “Failure is an inability to fulfill a directive. A human has no programmed directive. Human evolutionary directive is to live. You are alive. Everything else is a bonus.”

1. You’ve had a long, hard day… what toppings do you put on your pizza?: Green peppers and chicken with a stuffed, cheesy crust.